A woman in Mesquite, Texas has died after her car was thrown off a bridge (Image: CBS News)

A Dallas-area driver has died after a flash flood swept her car off a bridge while she was on the phone with her husband.

The victim was a 60-year-old woman from Mesquite, a Dallas suburb.

The woman’s car was recovered Monday morning by the Mesquite Fire Department.

According to CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, the family identified him as Jolene Jarrell of Dallas, who was allegedly working as an Uber driver and was on her way home.

Jarrell was on the phone with her husband when they suddenly lost contact, Mesquite Fire Chief Rusty Wilson said.

He also testified that his family went out looking for him, but they couldn’t find his car until the water level receded.

It is unknown if he was working as a driver when his car was thrown off the bridge. Uber said that he was not working on his platform at the time of the incident.

The company did not disclose whether he was a registered driver or had been driving that night.

Mesquite received a total of 11 inches of rain on Monday.

You can see where the water level was. “Everything was underwater here,” Wilson said.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced “historic” rain and flooding on Sunday and Monday, with up to 15 inches of rain in some areas.

Dallas had the wettest August since it began in 1899, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The previous record was set in 1915.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an emergency declaration Tuesday to allocate additional state funds to affected areas.

“The effects of this storm were dramatic not only here in Dallas and Fort Worth, but also in some areas of Texas,” Abbott said. A state of emergency has been declared in 23 districts in the north and center of the state.

The NWS confirmed that flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Dallas through Wednesday morning.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the area through Tuesday and Wednesday.

“There is literally no gathering or place that is worth risking your life or the lives of others on the streets,” said Dallas City Councilman Adam Bazardua. twitter“Stay home if you can. And if the water level seems high, turn around!”

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